Trolley-support for electric cars



(No Model.)

B. P. GROW. TROLLEY SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC CARS.

No. 448,505. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

ma Noam! PETERS cm, FHUTD'LITHQ, WASHINGTON, a. c,

UNITED STATES, PATENT I OFFICE;

BENJAMIN F. CROIV, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE BROWNELL dz WIGHT CAR COMPANY, OF MISSOURI.

TROLLEY-SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,505, dated March 17', 1891.

Applicationfiled July 12, 1890. Serial No, 368,564. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern: tween the compression member and the top Be it known that LBENJAMIN F. CROW, of of the car, and which are preferably notched, 55 the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, as shown in Fig. III, to receive the tension have invented a certain new and useful Immember or members of the truss, so that it or provement in Trolley-Supports for Electric they will be elevated slightly above the roof (Jars, of Which the following is a full, clear, of the car and not comein contact therewith, and exact description, reference being bad to the object being to prevent the chafing on 60 the accompanying drawings, forming part of the roof of the car, which would be incident this specification. to their hearing against the roof.

I3 Myinvention relates to an improved means It will be seen that the outer ends of the for supporting the trolley of an electric car, truss are over the ends of the car-body, and whereby the weight is removed from the roof the result is that instead of the weight of the 65 at the central portion of the car; and my introlley being on the central portion of the vention consists in features of novelty herecar-roof it is transferred to the ends of the inafter fully described, and pointed out in car, where the roof is permanently supported the claims. by'the ends of the car-body, and thus the Figure I is a top or plan view illustrative injury to the roof incident to supporting the 70 of my invention. Figure II is a side elevatrolley directly thereon is avoided. An artion showinga portion of the body of the car, rangement of this kind is exceedingly cheap and showing the support to which myinvenand durable, and forms a permanent and tion relates. Fig. III is a transverse section strong support for the trolley, besides formtaken on line III III, Fig. II. ing a convenient means for attaching the 75 Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a trolley to the car. The blocks 7 serve to keep portion of the body of the car, and 2 the roof. the tension and compression members of the 11'. has been customary heretofore to suptruss the proper distance apart throughout port the trolley of an electric railway directly the length of the truss, and thus serve as on the roof of the car, which, if not made pardistance-blocks for the truss. 8o ticularly strong for the purpose, andstronger I claim as my invention than is otherwise necessary, becomes, after a 1. In atrolley-support, in combination with short time, injured and forced out of shape a car-body, a truss composed of a compresby the weight of the trolley. sion member and a tension member mounted The object of my invention is to provide a on the car, said tension member engaging the 85 support which may be conveniently applied ends of the compression member, substanto any car, and by which the weight of the tially as set forth.

trolley is removed from the central portion 2. Inatrolleysupport, in combinationwith of a car-roof; and to this end my invention a car-body, a truss composed of the comconsists of a truss mounted on the car, compression member and a tension member e:;- e posed of a compression member 3 and atentending the length of the car-body, the ends sion member or members t. I prefer to use of the tension member being made to engage 0 a compression member in the form ofaboard the ends of the compression member, subor strip of sufficient width to receive and stantially as set forth. support the trolley, which is represented by 3. In atrolley-support, in combination with 5 the circle 5 in Fig. I, this board or strip eX- a car-body, a truss composed of the comprestending the length of the car-body, or about sion and tension members mounted on the the length of the car-body, as shown in Fig. car, said tension member engaging the ends II. The tension member or members of the of the compression member, and the notched truss are composed of one or more rods or blocks or brackets located between the car- 100 straps of metal made to engage the ends of roof and compression member, substantially the compression member, as shown at 6. I as and for the purpose set forth.

have shown two of the tension members, but BENJAMIN F. CROW.

it is evident that one alone of sufficientwidth In presence ofor strength might be used. THos. KNIGHT,

7 represents blocks or brackets placed be- E. S. KNIGHT. 

